27 February 2025

9:00 – 16:00

Lansdowne Club, London

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Women in Trade, Treasury & Payments 2025

Thursday 27th February

The Lansdowne Club, Mayfair, London

Please bear in mind that it is a women-only event**

Agenda

8:00am – Networking breakfast

9:00am – Opening remarks and keynote speech

9:20am – Panel: Enhancing financial inclusion and bridging gender gaps in trade amidst global challenges

• Neha Noronha, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Trade and Supply Chain Finance Programme (TSCFP)
• Pamela Mar, Editorial Board Member, Trade Finance Global (TFG), Managing Director, ICC Digital Standards Initiative (ICC DSI)
• Daniela Barrdear, Counsel, Sullivan
• Moderator: Nathalie Louat, Global Director, Trade and Supply Chain Finance, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

10:00am – Panel: Managing the fickle energy transition: An action plan for 2025

• Gayatri Desai, Managing Director & Head, Energy Transition and Sustainable Finance, CIBC
• Josephine Pletts, Senior Vice President, Energy, DNB
• Kona Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man
• Moderator: Louise Shaw, Partner, Energy & Infrastructure Corporate Finance, EY

10:40am – Break

11:00am – Keynote speech

11:15am – Panel: Accelerating a sustainable and digital trade revolution in trade, treasury, and payments

• Clarine Stenfert, Global Trade Finance Head and Head UK, Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, World Bank Group
• Rona Nisar, Deputy General Counsel, STX
• Emmanuelle Ganne, Chief of Digital Trade and Frontier Technologies, World Trade Organisation
• Moderator: Catherine Lang-Anderson, Editorial Board Member, Trade Finance Global (TFG) and Partner, A&O Shearman

11:55am – Keynote speech: – Anna Joubin-Bret, Secretary General, United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL)

12:10am – Roundtable discussions

• Greening the commodities chain and supporting the renewables transition
  – Kona Haque, Head of Research, ED&F Man
• Outlook for digital trade at the WTO
  – Emmanuelle Ganne, Chief of Digital Trade and Frontier Technologies, World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Frank conversations around the digitalisation of trade documents
  – Pamela Mar, Managing Director, ICC DSI and Editorial Board Member, Trade Finance Global (TFG) and Eleonore Treu, Director Trade Finance Week, ICC Austria
• Shipping, commodities, and trading. How do we futureproof the industry for the next generation?
  – Clara Segret, Director, Commodity Thursdays
• Launching initiatives that work: Public-private partnerships that drive trade and supply chain finance in emerging and developing markets
  – Shona Tatchell, Head of Trade Facilitation Programme, EBRD

12:55pm – Charity partner presentation: Sebby’s Corner

1:00pm – Working lunch and networking/ extended roundtables

2:00pm – Roundtable discussions

• Building resilient supply chains by strengthening the trade credit offering
  – Raja Al Mazrouei, Chief Executive Officer, Etihad Credit Insurance
• Accelerating public-private partnership. Are we making trade, treasury, and payments accessible and open to all?
  – Makiko Toyoda, Head of Global Trade and Supply Chain Finance, IFC
• Corporate treasury in 2030
  – Eleanor Hill, Editorial Board Member, Trade Finance Global (TFG)
• Payments track: How to approach DE&I for payments
  – Carleen Hadley, Executive Liaison Europe Council, BAFT

3:00pm – Closing session and networking drinks 

4:00pm – Close

Partners

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“Thanks to Trade Finance Global for inviting me to their Women in Trade, Treasury & Payments event, celebrating International Women’s Day. It was a fantastic day, meeting successful female leaders from diverse backgrounds, debating key topics to further enhance the representation of women in the industry and sharing best practices.”

– Jaya Vohra,
Managing Director, Global Head of Trade & Working Capital Product and Client Management, Barclays

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“The WITTP event was an inspiring convening of women in the industry, who so rarely get the chance to connect, learn from each other, and be celebrated. More events like these are crucial to building greater gender diversity and inclusion in trade overtime.”

– Katherine Tengtio,
Manager, Gender and Diversity Finance, British International Investment

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